Working student

Madrileña de la Cerna 06/17/2017

There are two kinds of working students: those who work outside the school either day or night and get paid, and those who work inside the school being assigned in various offices of the school and don’t…

The true cultural warrior

Madrileña de la Cerna 06/10/2017

For the generation of Cebu Theresians who were in the classes of Sister Maria Delia Coronel, ICM, few were aware of the grounding of understanding, appreciating and preserving Philippine cultural heritage the way Sr. Delia did in…

Sneak preview

Madrileña de la Cerna 06/03/2017

Last week I recalled the Chinese who greatly influenced the economic life of my childhood days. This time I fondly recall the contributions of an Indian trader named Gopa who put up a moviehouse in Carcar in…

Sneak preview

Madrileña de la Cerna 05/27/2017

Gabii sa Kabilin 2017 brought me to a sneak preview of the forthcoming Sugbu Chinese Heritage Museum thanks to the invitation of Dr. Joy Gerra. The museum is still undergoing restoration, but we have a view of…

Revisiting our heritage

Madrileña de la Cerna 05/20/2017

May is National Heritage Month but is more popularly associated with fiestas everywhere from big towns to the barangays. The fiesta culture is part of our heritage, but the focus is more on the food and hardly…

The intricacies of translation

Madrileña de la Cerna 05/13/2017

I belong to the generation who had Spanish courses in fourth year high school and in the eight semesters in college. While the intermediate courses were mostly grammar and sentence construction, surprisingly, the higher courses in Spanish…

Show mercy on our common home

Madrileña de la Cerna 04/22/2017

Today is the Sunday of the Divine Mercy. and yesterday was International Earth Day. What a coincidence for celebrating what Pope Francis urged in Laudato Si to “show mercy on our common home.” Earth Day started in…

Easter and women

Madrileña de la Cerna 04/15/2017

Easter is the time when we commemorate the death of Jesus and celebrate His resurrection. It is also a time when we reflect on what it means to be a Christian. Traditional Easter stories and pageants celebrated…

A season of book launching

Madrileña de la Cerna 04/08/2017

Book launchings are interesting events and used to be rare. This time of the year, there had been three very interesting book launchings: “Kamingaw: An Impressionist Portrait of the Bisaya Painter Martino A. Abellana” by Raymund L.…

Tres

Madrileña de la Cerna 04/01/2017

April is a very historic month for Cebu and the Cebuanos because three major inspiring events occurred within this month in the history of Cebu and by extension, the Philippines. The Battle of Mactan happened on April…

Formation

Madrileña de la Cerna 03/25/2017

Having been exposed to the ICM sisters from kindergarten to being a teacher, the words formation and formation house became familiar whenever former teachers and schoolmates in St. Catherine’s School entered the congregation. We used to visit…

Not counting women and children

Madrileña de la Cerna 03/18/2017

Going over reading materials for the Lenten season, Megan McKenna’s “Not Counting Women and Children. Neglected Stories from the Bible” caught my interest. The main story was on the feeding of thousands, from the Gospel of Matthew…

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